![]() ![]() Evangeline Walton’s compelling rendition of these classic, thrilling stories of magic, betrayal, lost love, and bitter retribution include the encounter between Prince Pwyll and Arawn, the God of Death, which Pwyll survives by agreeing to kill the one man that Death cannot fell, and the tale of bran the blessed and his family’s epic struggle for the throne. ![]() these tales constitute a powerful work of the imagination, ranking with Tokien’s Lord of the Rings novels and T.H. The Mabinogion is to Welsh mythology what the tales of Zeus, Hera, and Apollo are to Greek myth. The retelling of the epic Welsh myth that is “certainly among the top 5 fantasy series of the twentieth century” ( ). Shares Paradigms With: The Chronicles of Prydain, The Raven Cycle Genre: Mythology/Welsh Mythology/Celtic Mythology/Irish Mythology, Fantasy, Classic Authors: Anonymous, Evangeline Walton (translator), Betty Ballantine (Introduction) ![]()
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